Thank you in advance for your assistance - I have installed Joomla several times over the years and have not had this type of issue previously.

Joomla! 2.5.x, MS-Server 2012, MS-SQL 11.0.3128

After completing the 2.5 installer however, the default page displays the error message provided below. I have attempted to search to resolve, but have not found relevant information and am uncertain as to how to proceed.

[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 11.0][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'LEFT'.SQL=SELECT * FROM ( SELECT a.id, a.title, a.alias, a.title_alias, a.introtext, a.language, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.catid, a.created, a.created_by, a.created_by_alias, CASE WHEN a.modified = 0 THEN a.created ELSE a.modified END as modified, a.modified_by, uam.name as modified_by_name,CASE WHEN a.publish_up = 0 THEN a.created ELSE a.publish_up END as publish_up,a.publish_down, a.images, a.urls, a.attribs, a.metadata, a.metakey, a.metadesc, a.access, a.hits, a.xreference, a.featured, LEN(a.fulltext) AS readmore,CASE WHEN badcats.id is not null THEN 0 ELSE a.state END AS state,c.title AS category_title, c.path AS category_route, c.access AS category_access, c.alias AS category_alias,CASE WHEN a.created_by_alias > ' ' THEN a.created_by_alias ELSE ua.name END AS author,ua.email AS author_email,( SELECT MAX(contact.id) AS id , ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY c.lft, a.featured DESC, fp.ordering, a.created DESC ) AS RowNumber FROM l4uzs_contact_details AS contact WHERE contact.published = 1 AND contact.user_id = a.created_by) as contactid,parent.title as parent_title, parent.id as parent_id, parent.path as parent_route, parent.alias as parent_alias,ROUND(v.rating_sum / v.rating_count, 0) AS rating, v.rating_count as rating_count,c.published, CASE WHEN badcats.id is null THEN c.published ELSE 0 END AS parents_published FROM l4uzs_content AS a ) _myResults WHERE RowNumber BETWEEN 1 AND 4 LEFT JOIN l4uzs_categories AS c ON c.id = a.catid LEFT JOIN l4uzs_users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_by LEFT JOIN l4uzs_users AS uam ON uam.id = a.modified_by LEFT JOIN l4uzs_categories as parent ON parent.id = c.parent_id LEFT JOIN l4uzs_content_rating AS v ON a.id = v.content_id LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT cat.id as id FROM l4uzs_categories AS cat JOIN l4uzs_categories AS parent ON cat.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt WHERE parent.extension = N'com_content' AND parent.published != 1 GROUP BY cat.id ) AS badcats ON badcats.id = c.id INNER JOIN l4uzs_content_frontpage AS fp ON fp.content_id = a.id WHERE a.access IN (1,1) AND c.access IN (1,1) AND CASE WHEN badcats.id is null THEN a.state ELSE 0 END = 1 AND (a.publish_up = N'1900-01-01 00:00:00' OR a.publish_up <= N'2014-01-01 00:39:28') AND (a.publish_down = N'1900-01-01 00:00:00' OR a.publish_down >= N'2014-01-01 00:39:28') [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 11.0][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'WHERE'.SQL=SELECT a.id, a.title, a.alias, a.title_alias, a.introtext, a.language, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.catid, a.created, a.created_by, a.created_by_alias, CASE WHEN a.modified = 0 THEN a.created ELSE a.modified END as modified, a.modified_by, uam.name as modified_by_name,CASE WHEN a.publish_up = 0 THEN a.created ELSE a.publish_up END as publish_up,a.publish_down, a.images, a.urls, a.attribs, a.metadata, a.metakey, a.metadesc, a.access, a.hits, a.xreference, a.featured, LEN(a.fulltext) AS readmore,CASE WHEN badcats.id is not null THEN 0 ELSE a.state END AS state,c.title AS category_title, c.path AS category_route, c.access AS category_access, c.alias AS category_alias,CASE WHEN a.created_by_alias > ' ' THEN a.created_by_alias ELSE ua.name END AS author,ua.email AS author_email,(SELECT * FROM ( SELECT MAX(contact.id) AS id , ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (select 0)) AS RowNumber FROM l4uzs_contact_details AS contact) _myResults WHERE RowNumber BETWEEN 1 AND 4 WHERE contact.published = 1 AND contact.user_id = a.created_by) as contactid,parent.title as parent_title, parent.id as parent_id, parent.path as parent_route, parent.alias as parent_alias,ROUND(v.rating_sum / v.rating_count, 0) AS rating, v.rating_count as rating_count,c.published, CASE WHEN badcats.id is null THEN c.published ELSE 0 END AS parents_published FROM l4uzs_content AS a LEFT JOIN l4uzs_categories AS c ON c.id = a.catid LEFT JOIN l4uzs_users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_by LEFT JOIN l4uzs_users AS uam ON uam.id = a.modified_by LEFT JOIN l4uzs_categories as parent ON parent.id = c.parent_id LEFT JOIN l4uzs_content_rating AS v ON a.id = v.content_id LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT cat.id as id FROM l4uzs_categories AS cat JOIN l4uzs_categories AS parent ON cat.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt WHERE parent.extension = N'com_content' AND parent.published != 1 GROUP BY cat.id ) AS badcats ON badcats.id = c.id INNER JOIN l4uzs_content_frontpage AS fp ON fp.content_id = a.id WHERE a.access IN (1,1) AND c.access IN (1,1) AND CASE WHEN badcats.id is null THEN a.state ELSE 0 END = 1 AND (a.publish_up = N'1900-01-01 00:00:00' OR a.publish_up <= N'2014-01-01 00:39:28') AND (a.publish_down = N'1900-01-01 00:00:00' OR a.publish_down >= N'2014-01-01 00:39:28')